CAOH® Pure Hoodia delivers the unmatched appetite suppressing power of 100% pure Hoodia gordonii, with nothing removed except water. Hoodia was originally consumed as food by indigenous tribes to help endure long, excursions in the Kalahari desert of South Africa. This legally harvested and CITES certified* South African Hoodia benefits the environment and the San** (bushmen) tribes.
“We only use the most bioactive components of the plant, the aerial parts. Research studies currently being conducted utilize the aerial parts because the contain the highest concentration of the active appetite suppressing glycosides. To illustrate my point here is a current research paper comparing a know pharmaceutical appetite suppressing medication against the Hoodia glycosides. The glycosides won!” Dr. E
Phytochemistry. 2007 Oct;68(20):2545-53. Epub 2007 Jul 2.
An appetite suppressant from Hoodia species.
van Heerden FR, Marthinus Horak R, Maharaj VJ, Vleggaar R, Senabe JV, Gunning PJ.
School of Chemistry, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X01, Scottsville 3209, South Africa.
Studies conducted at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR, South Africa) identified extracts from Hoodia species, in particular Hoodia pilifera and Hoodia gordonii, as possessing appetite suppressing properties. Two pregnane glycosides were isolated by fractionation of the dried stems of H. gordonii. Their structures were determined as (removed as irrelevant to the point being made – Dr. E) on the basis of spectroscopic studies and conversion to known compounds. Compounds 1 and 2 were also isolated from H. pilifera. Compound 1 was tested for its appetite suppressant properties in rats by oral gavage at 6.25-50mg/kg and the results showed that all doses resulted in a decrease of food consumption over an eight day period and a body mass decrease when compared to the control sample receiving only the vehicle. In a comparative study against a fenfluramine control sample, compound 1 resulted in a reduction in food intake over the study period, with a concomitant overall decrease in body weight while fenfluramine resulted in a small decrease in food intake, but an increase in body weight (though less than control group) over the same period of time.
Explanation in plain English:
“First, fenfluramine is the drug that was one part of the “Fen-Phen” anti-obesity medication combo (the other drug being phentermine). Fenfluramine is also known as Pondimin.
Fenfluramine was withdrawn from the U.S. market in 1997 after reports of heart valve disease and pulmonary hypertension, including a condition known as cardiac fibrosis.
All doses of Hoodia active glycosides reduced test subjects appetite “MORE” over the eight day study than did fenfluramine. The most interesting finding is that the Hoodia glycosides created an internal environment where the test subjects were able to decrease their body weight, exactly what consumers of a weight loss product want. The tests subjects that received the fenfluramine actually gained weight, not the desired result.
In my opinion Hoodia is a promising new weight loss supplements. Data is coming in monthly validating this point and I look forward to one day getting a standardized version of this herbal supplement.” Marcus Ettinger DC, BSc 10/2/07
*Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora is an international agreement between governments, drafted as a result of a resolution adopted in 1963 at a meeting of members of the World Conservation Union (IUCN). Its aim is to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival and it accords varying degrees of protection to more than 33,000 species of animals and plants. It is illegal to export Hoodia gordonii from South Africa without a license and a CITES Certification. We purchase only from licensed growers and exporters that have full certification.
**The San (or Bushmen) were the original inhabitants of South Africa, appearing there about 30 000 years ago, but were displaced westward from the lush mountains in the east toward the dryer Kalahari desert by the more powerful Zulu and Xhosa tribes who came from the north. Only a few scattered bands remain. Together with the Khoikhoi they form the Khoisan group. For more information please go to this informative site – Tribes in the Kalahari desert South Africa
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